Vista Complete PC Backup

[Josh]

I try to do a backup and after selecting the drive I want it backed up to and
it starts, almost immediately I get the following:

The backup failed.

Failure in a Volume Shadow Copy Service operation. (0x807800A1)

Additional Information:
The writer experienced a non-transient error. If the backup process is
retried, the error is likely to reoccur. (0x800423F4)


I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 and the drive I'm trying to back up to is just
a secondary SATA drive.

 

[Donny Broome]

Josh, I have had little success with the Complete PC Backup feature. In the
meantime, I cannot say enough good things about Acronis True Image Home 11.
It retails for about $36 at NewEgg.com. It can do everything the Vista
backup software is supposed to do and lots more.

Acronis:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

NewEgg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832200004

I haven't given up on the Vista backup routine. I tried it again last night
and failed twice. I've posted about it in the vista.general group, hoping to
get a reply to the specific error that I get, which is below.

http://www.vistaguru.org/images/Vista.Ultimate.Complete.PC.Backup.Error.jpg

 

[David Kirk]

I am having this problem now. I've already invested in Genie Backup Pro
(which is currently have its own set of problems ... I am cursed) so I would
like to get the Windows Vista Backup functionality working. Does anyone have
a solutution other than "forget Vista and go bu ya third-party solution?"

 

[Paul Montgomery]

I am having this problem now.

WHAT problem????

You are replying to an OLD post and you are using a web-based, quasi
forum that keeps old messages - messages that it scrounges from
Microsoft servers so that it looks busier than it really is.

All those people who show the number of posts equals "n/a"... we don't
use that quasi forum, so we don't keep old posts for reference.

Describe your problem in detail.

 

[David Kirk]

Oops! Chalk it up to a newbie. Here's the problem:

I try to do a backup and after selecting the drive I want it backed up to and
it starts, almost immediately I get the following:

The backup failed.

Failure in a Volume Shadow Copy Service operation. (0x807800A1)

Additional Information:
The writer experienced a non-transient error. If the backup process is
retried, the error is likely to reoccur. (0x800423F4)